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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hamza Keita (ranked 4001 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Smith (ranked 2835 p4p, 0 weight class). Keita comes into the arena with Secka - Pointure blaring out of the sound system. Smith has chosen Therion - Sitra Ahra as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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211 lbs
7 - 5 - 0 |
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42
215 lbs
40 - 40 - 0 |
BJJ Red Belt
Basic striking
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Hamza Keita!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
40 - 40 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mike Smith!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Elvis Blanc and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Keita has a takedown stuffed.
Keita tries to clinch
and Smith counters with a nice kick to the body.
Keita fails with a takedown attempt.
Keita looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Keita scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Keita working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smith wants to control but Keita postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Smith sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Keita is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
It looks like Mike Smith has been cut.
Keita sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Smith defending well though.
Keita not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The fighters are battling for position here. Smith manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Smith seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Keita content to stall in guard here.
Smith pulls Keita in close to prevent any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keita trying to control but Smith is working from the bottom.
Keita missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Keita has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Keita chips away with some ground and pound.
Keita missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Keita throwing strikes but missing.
Keita throwing strikes from guard but Smith blocks nicely.
Keita throws a big elbow that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Keita accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Smith tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Keita working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Keita stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Smith swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Keita works over Smith with some ground and pound from guard.
Smith is rocked!
Keita is looking to work some ground and pound but Smith has wrist control.
Smith is trying to control the position but Keita postures up.
Keita wants to control from the top but Smith keeps moving.
Keita in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keita throws a big elbow that misses.
Smith keeping moving, preventing Keita from controlling successfully.
Keita throws a strike but Smith rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Keita tries to strike from the bottom.
Keita looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Smith decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Keita tries to close the distance and clinch but Smith swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Smith gets caught flat footed, as Keita shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Smith keeping moving, preventing Keita from controlling successfully.
Smith avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hamza Keita dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mike Smith's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Keita closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Smith's guard.
Smith preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Keita works over Smith with some ground and pound from guard.
That has opened up Mike Smith's cut even more.
Keita throwing strikes from guard but Smith blocks nicely.
Keita lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Smith is still in real trouble! Can Keita finish him?
Keita arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Smith's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Hamza Keita!
A victorious Hamza Keita thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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